Birthdays in Music
- Jan 10 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer & composer, born in Havixbeck, Germany (d. 1848)
Franz Schubert
Jan 31 Franz Peter Schubert, Austrian composer (Unfinished Symphony), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1828)
Franz Schubert
- Feb 15 Heinrich [Henry] Engelhard Steinway, German American piano maker (Steinway & Sons), born in Wolfshagen im Harz, Duchy of Brunswick (d. 1871)
- Feb 24 Samuel Lover, composer
- Mar 7 Carl Schwencke, Swedish composer, born in Hamburg (d. 1870)
- Apr 17 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian-French composer and conductor, born in Hanzinne, Belgium (d. 1869)
- May 6 Joseph Brackett, American religious leader (Shakers) and composer (Simple Gifts), born in Cumberland, Maine (d. 1882)
- May 12 Johann Hermann Kufferath, German composer, born in Mülheim an der Ruhr (d. 1864)
- May 30 Johann Christian Lobe, German composer, born in Weimar, Germany (d. 1881)
- Jul 19 Johann Gottlieb Schneider, German composer, born in Neugersdorf, Germany (d. 1856)
- Jul 21 Franz Schoberlechner, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1843)
- Aug 5 Friedrich August Kummer, German composer and musician, born in Meiningen (d. 1879)
- Sep 16 Anthony Panizzi, Italian librarian at British Museum, born in Brescello, Italy (d. 1879)
- Nov 23 Gabor Matray, composer
- Nov 29 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer
- Dec 13 Heinrich Heine, German poet and lyricist (Schubert, Liszt), born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 1856)
- Dec 19 Josef Theodor Krov, composer
- Dec 26 Hans Skramstad, Norwegian pianist and composer, born in Toten (d. 1839)
Deaths in Music
- Jan 30 Johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40
- Feb 8 Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer, pupil of J. S. Bach, dies at 81
- Feb 11 Antoine Dauvergne, French composer, dies at 83
- Feb 27 Benvenuto Robbio San Raffaele, Italian composer, dies at 61
- Mar 1 Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan composer, dies at 36
- Mar 19 Philip Hayes, English composer, dies at 58
- Apr 3 Nonnosus Madlseder, German composer, dies at 66
- Apr 12 Josef Antonin Stepan, Bohemian composer, dies at 71
- May 30 Carl Ludwig Junker, German composer, dies at 48
- Jul 29 Christoph Rheineck, German composer, dies at 48
- Aug 12 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, German composer, dies at 73
- Sep 23 Johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57
- Oct 12 Pierre Jélyotte, French composer, dies at 84
- Dec 22 Giovanni Marco Rutini, Italian composer, dies at 74